Conair Recalls Cuisinart Food Processors From 2015 to 1996 Due to Laceration Hazard

Imagine you've just whipped up a homemade snack, and, after taking a bite to eat, you discover an ingredient you never threw into your food processor: shards of the actual blade. That nightmare scenario played out in real life for at least 69 people, according to reports to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission which apparently forced Conair to recall Cuisinart food processors dating back to 1996 and spanning up to 2015, Fortune reports. Horrifically, 30 of those people also reported mouth lacerations and tooth injuries caused by the defective blades. "The food processor’s riveted blade can crack over time and small, metal pieces of the blade can break off into the processed food," writes the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on their website listing the recall. "This poses a laceration hazard to consumers."

That's just a sample, however, of the eight million Cuisinart food processors with this defect, sold over two decades. Technically, the number of Cuisinart food processors recalled is even greater when you include the 300,000 sold in Canada throughout those years.

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

Thankfully, the list of models included in the recall isn't nearly that many—you can scan through it here: CFP-9, CFP-11, DFP-7, DFP-11, DFP-14, DLC-5, DLC-7, DLC-8, DLC-10, DLC-XP, DLC-2007, DLC-2009, DLC-2011, DLC-2014, DLC-3011, DLC-3014, EV-7, EV-10, EV-11, EV-14, KFP-7 and MP-14. There's also an easier way to check if your food processor could be one of the recalled ones that doesn't require digging up past receipts or hunting for a model number listed on the placard underneath it:

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

The defective blades all have four rivets.

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

If your food processor is one of these, you'll want to stop using it, detach the blade, and call Conair at 877-339-2534 for a free replacement blade.